Football South Australia kicks off Legacy for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Matthew Badrov28/09/2021 5:55 am07/07/2023

Football South Australia has announced the launch of the ‘Leave A Legacy’ website to coincide with the commemoration of 100 years for women’s football in the nation.

On Friday, September 24, the date marked 100 years since the first women’s football game was played in Brisbane at the Gabba in front of 10,000 spectators in 1921.

In 2020, we saw Australia and New Zealand announced as joint hosts for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. This upcoming tournament is set to be the biggest Women’s World Cup to be held in history with 32 teams participating, with Adelaide being named as a host city to cater for this.

As a part of their legacy initiative, Football SA’s launch of the leavealegacy.com.au website has been developed to showcase the journey to the Women’s World Cup and the Legacy Plan that has been formulated to capitalise on this world event.

The hosting of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 provides football with the unique opportunity to drive profound change for girls and women. The tournament will be used as a platform to drive gender equity and long-term social change not only in football but across the whole sporting community.

Football SA endeavours to do this by unlocking infrastructure to ensure girls and women can participate in a safe and inclusive manner. Growth of participation across all age groups and abilities, whilst recognising the significant contributions that women do make in leading the game, is critical.

“The FIFA Women’s World Cup is one of the world’s biggest events and it provides football with a vehicle to grow the sport in South Australia and drive significant growth and equality across all areas of the game,” Football SA Chief Executive Officer Michael Carter said.

“The website has been established to inform and engage people in this once in a lifetime opportunity and importantly we want to hear from our stakeholders on the legacy that they want to see the World Cup leave for the sport.”

For more information, visit the Leave A Legacy site here.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Football NSW supports Female Coaches CPD as Women’s Football Surges

Declan Chan15/04/2026 6:15 am14/04/2026

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Football NSW has used the platform of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to deliver a targeted professional development workshop for female coaches, bringing together scholarship recipients for an evening of structured learning and direct engagement with elite women’s football.

Held at ACPE last month, the session was open to female coaches who received C or B Diploma scholarships through Football NSW in 2025. Coaching accreditation carries a financial cost that disproportionately affects women, who are less likely to have their development subsidised by clubs or associations operating in underfunded community football environments. Scholarship access changes that equation at the point where many women exit the pathway.

Facilitated by Football NSW Coach Development Coordinator Bronwyn Kiceec, the workshop focused on goal scoring trends from the tournament’s group stage, with coaches analysing attacking patterns and exploring how those insights could translate into their own environments. The group then attended the quarter-final between South Korea and Uzbekistan at Stadium Australia.

The structure of the evening mattered as much as its content. Female coaches in community football rarely have access to elite competition environments as a professional resource. The gap between the level at which most women coach and the level at which the game is analysed and discussed tends to reinforce itself. Placing scholarship recipients inside a major tournament, as participants rather than spectators, closes that gap in a way that a classroom session cannot.

Female coaches remain significantly underrepresented across all levels of the game in Australia. The pipeline that will change that depends not only on accreditation access but on the professional networks, peer relationships and exposure to elite environments that male coaches have historically taken for granted.

The workshop forms part of Football NSW’s ongoing commitment to developing female coaches through scholarships and structured learning opportunities.